Check-lock.



W. J. CONNELL.

CHECK LOOK.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

Attorneys 7 UN ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.WILLIAIVI J'. CONNELL, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR 0FONE-THIRD'TO ANGUS M. BALDWIN, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

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Specification of Iletters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1911.

Application filed September 16, 1910. Serial No. 582,358.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM J. CONNELL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at .sons not infrequentlyexchange their ownchecks for the checks of the miners or quarry men whohave actually done the work of loading the car.

It is the object of this invention to provide a locking device whereby acheck or the like may be secured to a car, the check being held in placeuntil the car has been unloaded.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings,Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation, mountedin a car body, the car body being sectioned; Fig. 2 is a top plan,portions of the car body being sectioned; Fig. 3 shows the invention inperspective, parts being broken away; and Fig. 4 is a detailperspective, showing a certain modification in the locking bar.

In the drawings, the bottom of the car is denoted by the numeral 1, andthe side of the car by the numeral 9.. In the side 2 of the car there isa hole 3, hereinafter referred to as the upper opening in the car body.In this hole 3, a bar 4 is mounted for longitu dinal sliding movement.The inner end of the bar 4 is adapted to rest upon the bottom 1 of thecar body. The outer end of the bar 4 carries a transverse grip 6,disposed in upright position, and channeled along its sides, as denotedby the numeral 7, so that a firm finger hold upon the grip 6 may beacquired. The grip 6 is held upon the outer end of the bar 4 y means ofa pin 8, or other securing device adapted to a like end.

Formed integrally with the inner end of the bar 4, is an upstanding head5.

A finger 9 projects toward the car body, this finger 9 being mounted inthe grip 6, below the bar 4. In the bottom 1 of the car body there is ahole. 10, adapted to receive the finger 9. This hole 10 willbe referredto hereinafter as the lower opening in the car body. A fixed stop,preferably an angle plate 11 is secured to the bottom 1 of the car, inclose vicinity to the side wall 2 thereof, this angle member 11extending across the lower portion of the hole 3 in which the bar 4 isslidably mounted. The lower face of the bar 4 is notched to form ashoulder 12, adapted to be engaged by the up standing flange of theangle member 11. Into the upper face of the bar 4, the stop pin 14 isinserted. If desired, this stop pin 14 may be replaced by a shoulder 15(Fig. 4) formed integrally with the bar 4.

The operation of the device is as follows. Before the car is loaded, theminer grasps the grip 6, and slides the bar 4 in the hole 3 in the side2 of the car body, until the inner end of the finger 9 is withdrawn fromthe hole 10 in the bottom 1 of the car body. The miners check 16 is thenslipped over the finger 9. The bar 4 is then slid toward the center ofthe car, until the inner extremity of the finger 9 is housed within thebottom 1 of the car body, in the hole 10 therein. This sliding of thebar 4 toward the center of the car body, will cause the shoulder 12 inthe bar 4 to engage with the upright flange of the angle member 11. Thebar 4 is loosely mounted in the hole 3, and the inner end of the barwill sag down on the bottom 1 of the car, under its own weight. It willbe seen that when the load is thrown into the ear, the inner end of thebar 4, together with the head 5 thereon, will be bound closely againstthe bottom 1 of the ear, holding the elements 11-42 in engagement. Thus,the finger 9 cannot be withdrawn from the hole 10, to permit the removalof the check 16, until the contents of the car have been removed. Theupstanding pin 14 in Fig. 1, and the shoulder 15 in Fig. 4, serve asstops, to prevent the bar 4 from being pulled out of the car body to tooreat an extent.

Having thus descrlbed the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device forsecuring checks to cars,

consisting of a bar adapted to extend slidably through the side wall ofa car, and having a rigid head at its inner end, adapted to upstand intothe contents of the car, there being a rigid shoulder in the lower faceof the bar; means adapted to be attached to a car, for engagement withthe shoulder, to prevent a longitudinal movement of the bar; a gripmounted upon the outer end of the bar and adapted to engage the outerface of the side wall of a car; a securing device uniting the grip withthe bar; and a finger" from a car.

2. In a device of the class described, a car body having upper and loweropenings therein; a shouldered bar slidable in the upper opening, andadapted at its inner end to rest upon the bottom of the car body; a gripsecured to the outer end of the bar; a check-holding finger projectingfrom the grip and adapted to register in the lower opening; an anglemember secured to the car body in the vicinity of the upper openingtherein, and adapted to engage with the shoulder upon the bar, to holdthe finger within the lower opening; and a projection upstanding fromthe bar and engageable by the car body to prevent the completewithdrawal of the bar therefrom.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as .my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. GONNELL.

Witnesses:

J ESSE WATTS, S. A. CONNELL.

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